Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Porsha

#2,837 most common girls' name of all time · #4,868 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among girls
#2,837
Rank overall
#4,868 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
4,037
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1989 #683
Best rank
#670 1988
Girls Boys peak 302/yr
198020002020

Porsha first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 #15,287
2023 5 — 5 #15,618
2021 7 — 7 #12,442
2020 5 — 5 #15,500
2019 10 — 10 #9,920
2018 9 — 9 #10,723
2017 10 — 10 #10,114
2016 16 — 16 #7,334
2015 13 — 13 #8,570
2014 14 — 14 #8,163
2013 27 — 27 #5,054
2012 19 — 19 #6,664
2011 17 — 17 #7,203
2010 22 — 22 #6,043
2009 15 — 15 #8,167
2008 22 — 22 #6,195
2007 35 — 35 #4,330
2006 21 — 21 #6,198
2005 27 — 27 #4,863
2004 28 — 28 #4,753
2003 43 — 43 #3,369
2002 41 — 41 #3,353
2001 54 — 54 #2,746
2000 85 — 85 #1,981
1999 52 — 52 #2,690
1998 61 — 61 #2,321
1997 84 — 84 #1,795
1996 115 — 115 #1,436
1995 130 — 130 #1,288
1994 191 — 191 #974
1993 210 — 210 #914
1992 235 — 235 #850
1991 274 — 274 #754
1990 285 — 285 #733
1989 296 6 302 #683
1988 288 — 288 #670
1987 241 — 241 #747
1986 196 — 196 #850
1985 150 — 150 #1,013
1984 117 — 117 #1,166
1983 85 — 85 #1,396
1982 70 — 70 #1,650
1981 72 — 72 #1,628
1980 72 — 72 #1,620
1979 47 — 47 #2,140
1978 61 — 61 #1,723
1977 20 — 20 #3,721
1976 27 — 27 #2,849
1975 21 — 21 #3,375
1974 20 — 20 #3,406
1973 15 — 15 #4,103
1972 19 — 19 #3,379
1971 11 — 11 #5,069
1970 6 — 6 #7,636
1969 5 — 5 #8,240
1963 5 — 5 #7,606